PARTNERING WITH Professionals
IN PRACTICE AND LEARNING
professional development, Online Learning and Consultancy in Domestic and Family violence
The Orange Story is for professionals, practitioners, support and frontline staff wanting to increase their knowledge and skills across domestic and family violence practice, so they can enhance practice quality and improve outcomes for clients in their work roles.
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I’m Daphne, I look forward to meeting you.
I support passionate people who work alongside women experiencing domestic and family violence - in a variety of sectors and settings. Increase your knowledge so you can update your professional skills in your current role or advance into a career in domestic and family violence.
You’re in the right place ….
Whether you’re an experienced practitioner or just interested in learning more about domestic and family violence. My specialised research-based digital learning courses, resources and training will enable you to:
Access my expertise
Receive up to date content from the latest research
Access a diverse range of teaching and learning activities
Gives you flexibility – learn at your own pace
Reduced costs
You will be able to access learning content in a variety of areas that will build your skills in a range of practice areas, but not limited to:
Prevention of violence against women
Domestic and family violence responses and interventions
Child safety and domestic and family violence
High risk of harm topics (non-fatal strangulation, coercive controlling behaviour, intimate partner sexual violence)
Risk management and safety planning
Trauma informed practice in domestic and family violence
My Mission
To partner with professionals in practice and learning, so we can all work towards creating a world where everyone is safe, empowered and able to live free from all forms of violence and abuse.
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““Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world””
This post situates gaslighting within DFV as a patterned tactic of coercive control that undermines self-trust, isolates victim-survivors, and reshapes what feels “real” over time. It outlines how victim-survivors describe these dynamics, why social power and systemic disbelief can amplify harm, and what it can look like in practice when someone presents with uncertainty rather than “clear” disclosures. It also offers grounded considerations for responding in ways that support safety, dignity, and agency without getting pulled into debates about details.